On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 10:48:52AM -0500, David F. Skoll wrote: > > However, I've also been surprised somewhat that spammers haven't reacted > > to greylisting still. I thought the technique would be invalid by now > > because the minute ratware/malware starts properly following the 4xx > > rules, the technique is from my understanding, null and avoid. > > To react properly to greylisting means staying "pinned" to the same IP > for a long(er) period of time, making it more likely that the IP > address will appear in a DNS-based RBL.
*AND* it means more time spent sending the same spam to get a profit, hopefully making spamming less profitable... Matt -- Matthew S. Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Office: 717-396-5032 Project Manager, Planning and Service Management Fax: 717-396-5590 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Cell: 717-917-7099 _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
